deciding that your brother is going with a Crazy Yehudit, is your specialty psychiatry, is your brothers date walking around flashing a gun? You live in NY, go into Harlem at nite, then you can wonder if you're going to leave upright or horizontal Better yet try Detroit or Philadelphia, the both have very high crime rates As you may recall, an Arab Col., Hassasn, in the U.S. Military shot up Ft. Hood, killing & wounding dozens, fat lot of good the Military was able to do to prevent, by the time the Police arrived, the damages had already been done , soliders on base don't walk around with loaded firearms, unless they're on guard duty in sensitive areas Nobody in Israel puts on a uniform to play fantasy games, the uniform is needed for duty purposes If you want to take a chance with your own carcass, be my guest I will do what is necessary to protect me and mine

Israel may possibly be the only westernized nations where your going to see a soldier on every street corner usually carrying his rifle but pistols no. It was never an easy thing to get a gun license and since things calmed down with the intifada they have even been stripping some legal holders of pistol licenses including from some members of the Yeshe. As long as they can be proven to be responsible enough to own a gun and they are taught how to use it properly then I don't see any reason why anybody should be allowed to own a single pistol wit a limited amount of ammunition for defensive purposes. My sister in the US originally from the UK where guns are near impossible to get hold of now owns a pistol and she says she wouldn't give it up for anything because she feels so much more secure with it. Best the most of Israelis unless they are living in the Yeshe or have certain jobs which warrant a gun is pepper spray which is useless against anybody by an opportunist bag snatcher.

It's just the darn truth the rest of the world is unwilling to accept; the unparalleled success story of the Jewish state.

when you or someone you love is threatened by a terrorist who is armed, will you confront him with your very own weapon or hide under the bed? Rifles are quite easy to get in USA when purchasing from a dealier, there may or may not be a waiting period of a few days, depending on the locality and its rules Insofar as a pistol, there are to different sets of requirement, again depending on locality With proper I.D. & a clear record, you can buy a handgunto keep at home or at your business , which is not to be taken outside of the premises unless it's for target shooting or repair The license is for CARRYING on your person, which you can anywhere that doesn't prohibit it, including other states that have mutual agrfeements, their people can carry in yours, you can carry in theirs Better safe than sorry